The nurse assesses factors in a 76-year-old patient's history that might interfere with willingness to participate in health maintenance activities, which include ____________. (Select all that apply.)
a. a belief that diminished health is part of aging.
b. loss of a spouse 3 months ago.
c. having a physical examination every year.
d. living in an assisted living facility and does not drive.
e. having no family.
Question 2
The 80-year-old woman tells the home health nurse, I can only eat cereal because I just can't make those dentures work The nurse's most helpful suggestion would be to ___________________ __________ (Select all that apply.)
a. take only tiny bites of food.
b. chew slowly.
c. use a dental adhesive.
d. select soft, nonsticky foods (e.g., ground meat, boiled carrots).
e. pure all food.
A computerized patient registration form used by offices with electronic health records.
W-2 form issued to employees at the end of the year.
A physical therapist helping the patient on parallel bars.
Chest X-ray of a patient with emphysema.
Pneumonia patient’s chest x-ray. Note the irregular areas of density.
Kaposi's sarcoma on the skin of an AIDS patient.